Electric cars and charging points: petrol stations will be replaced — but by what?

In the second of a six-part series Robert Lea looks at the challenge of fuelling millions of vehicles and the debate about where that can be done

The energy inftrastructure will be tested by the demand from electric vehicles

EDF ENERGY

Tuesday February 04 2020, 2.15pm, The Times

They are the stand-out electric car statistics of the year: the number of pure battery electric zero-emission cars sold in 2019 increased by 144 per cent to nearly 38,000; and the country needs 25 million electric vehicle chargers by 2050, meaning that 2,300 charging points need to be installed every day for the next 30 years.

The first statistic is official industry data taking the number of pure electric cars sold in the past three years to more than 60,000. The second is a projection by Capital Economics, a consultancy. Of those 25 million chargers, which works out at roughly one charger for every electric car expected to be on the road, most will be installed at home with the kit acquired when buying a